R&D Future Leadership Scheme

This advert will close on: 28th September 2026

This role may be closed early in the event of a high volume of applicants.

We recommend applying as soon as possible to ensure your application is eligible. 

In person assessment Centers to take place, in Hull, on: 24th, 25th and 26th November. 

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united for this purpose.

Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

Research & Development​

In Research and Development, we're full of highly skilled talents that include Scientists, Engineers, Medical, Clinical and Regulatory professionals - all working to create a cleaner, healthier world. With nine Centers of Excellence, we continually seek out new opportunities by using science, our entrepreneurial flare and our fearless innovation to develop and enhance our existing portfolio, never compromising on quality or performance.

We do the right thing, always, by ensuring we act with responsibility and integrity, by complying with regulatory legislation across the globe, whilst ensuring our products are safe for our consumers and are to the highest quality.

The size of our organization means you'll have the opportunity to learn and work in different functions within R&D, giving you exposure to different disciplines, teams and environments. You will also have access to our Research and Development Academy, designed to develop our team and allow you to grow in our great organization.

About the role

The R&D Future Leadership Scheme is a structured, 3-year, global programme that gives recent graduates the opportunity to develop both technical and leadership skills across Research and Development. The successful graduates will receive a breadth of experience, supporting their development towards becoming a future leader within Reckitt.

Across the 3 years you will focus on developing and delivering innovations for our world-renowned brands, build resiliency into our products and grow understanding of how all our cross functional partners collaborate to bring shared success.

Your responsibilities

• Develop leadership fundamentals through working on power brands such as Dettol, Nurofen and Gaviscon.
• Build knowledge of consumer insights to inform innovations, to meet consumer needs.
• Utilize your degree and educational knowledge in a live setting, working on active projects and product development.
• Be a technical project leader, own, drive and deliver your project while developing your project management skills and knowledge.
• Collaborate and build shared success with the cross functional partners such as Medical, Regulatory, Safety and project management to deliver business led outcomes.

The experience we're looking for

• A relevant scientific degree such as Natural and Physical Sciences or Life Sciences and Health Degrees.
• Positive and inquisitive mindset with the curiosity to challenge when appropriate and ask questions when unsure.
• Strong communicator, both written and verbal, with the skill to relay technical information to non-technical colleagues.
• Proven organizational skills with the ability to balance and prioritize tasks/projects.
• Ability to listen and absorb and implement constructive feedback and guidance.
• Confidence to present and feedback to stakeholders of all levels.

The skills for success

R&D, Commercial Awareness, Business Partnership, Collaboration, Partnership building, Collaborator, Ability to challenge the status quo, Propose improvement, Accountability, Adaptability, Analytical, Formulation, Science, Chemistry.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way.

We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognize that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feel like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; color, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.